Germans Hit Scotland Coast At Aberdeen In Night Raid
German raiders attacked northeast Scotland last night as RAF bombers remained grounded by bad weather. A tenement building in a Scot belt town was hit directly causing casualties while heavy anti aircraft fire met the attack. Berlin radio claimed large fires and devastation at Aberdeen. concurrently Soviet and British war reports noted raids on East Prussia and Berlin. Also British hospital ships Tairea and Talomba reached Alexandria with exchanged POWs from Italy.
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Scotland
Scot
Berlin
United Press
New York
Aberdeen
Radio Moscow
Tilsit
East Prussia
Stettin
Rostock
Cairo
Tairea
Talomba
Alexandria
Italy
Smyrna
Tax Battle Truce Ends In New Pay Debate On 1942 Taxes
In Washington on April 22 Democrats and Republicans resume a floor fight over pay as you go taxes and the Rum plan. Both sides expect large-scale tax abatements and a 20 percent withholding on wages as the 1942 liability is debated.
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Washington
Speaker Rayburn
Texas
Low Flying Hurricanes Start Fires in Burma
British communique reports low flying Hurricane Fighters starting fires and inflicting casualties on Japanese troops across Burma's Arakan area. Beaufighters damaged rivers, trains, and a factory south of Prome. Imphal endured a high level attack with RAF destroying ships. Washington inquiry probes government information control by OWI head Elmer Davis as critics seek new regulations. Texas rural high school students urged to prepare for war work under the war industry school shop plan. Amarillo fireman Edward L. Wilson set to join the services. local police and FBI personnel also listed. England notes nine of ten Royal Navy ships built in private yards.
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New Delhi
Arakan
Burma
Sinlamaung
Chindwin
Nabu
Prome
Imphal
Washington
Elmer Davis
Senate Judiciary Committee
OWI
Davis
Austin
Texas
L. A. Woods
U. S. Employment Service
Amarillo Ordinance Tightens Auto Trailer Housing Rules
A new city ordinance in Amarillo Texas amends Ordinance 1609 to define automobile tourist camps and set permit and utility connection requirements. It tightens on site standards water sewage electricity gas and waste disposal and imposes consequences for permanent residence after ninety days.
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Amarillo
Texas
Department of Health
Department of Public Health
City of
Tutankhamun tomb opened yields aromatic vase find
When the tomb of Tutankhamun, ruler around 1350 BC, was opened, investigators found vases containing quantities of still fragrant aromatics. The discovery highlighted the ceremonial artifacts preserved within the tomb.
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Tutankhaen
Fayat
Amarillo adopts emergency housing trailer ordinance in 1943
The Amarillo City Commission unanimously passes and adopts an ordinance declaring an urgent need to preserve public health and safety due to inadequate rules governing mobile homes and trailers. The measure takes immediate effect after passage and publication with Mayor Joe A. Jenkins and City Secretary Katherine Burwell signing.
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Amarillo
City of
Texas
Joe A. Jenkins
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Dalhart
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England
Royal Navy
J. M. Hyden
W. 7Th St
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Lincoln
City Commission
Katherine Burwell
E. Byron Singleton
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Loafer
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Bea
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